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High-Resolution Oxygen Isotope and Deuterium Diagrams for Ice Wedges of the Batagai Yedoma, Northern Central Yakutia

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The stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of Late Pleistocene syngenetic ice wedges of Batagai yedoma are studied, and detailed isotope diagrams are obtained. The reconstructed mean January paleotemperature is lower than –51°С, which completely confirms the validity of the paleotemperature maps made earlier for the period of 30–25 ka BP where the location of the Batagai section within the isotherm of –48°C.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 14–27–00083P—field work, grant no. 17-05-00793—isotope analyses, and grant no. 17-05-00794—paleotemperature studies).

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Vasil’chuk, Y.K., Vasil’chuk, J.Y., Budantseva, N.A. et al. High-Resolution Oxygen Isotope and Deuterium Diagrams for Ice Wedges of the Batagai Yedoma, Northern Central Yakutia. Dokl. Earth Sc. 487, 986–989 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X19080312

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